Inside Structural Design Practice | Contemporary Japanese Structural Engineers

Intro

This is an authentic Japanese publication, carefully selected and shipped directly from Japan.
We specialize in Japanese books and magazines focusing on architecture, art, and contemporary culture.

Feature

• Explores how innovative structural design is conceived and realized

• Eight structural engineers present their own design processes and projects

• Covers development from conceptual image to rational structural systems and detailing

• Includes 21 built projects with photographs and detailed drawings

• Documents contemporary Japanese structural design practice

Description

Inside Structural Design Practice explores how innovative structural systems are conceived and realized through the work of leading Japanese structural engineers.

From transforming initial architectural images into rational structural frameworks, to verifying systems and member sections, and finally determining construction details, the book reveals the entire design process through the voices of practitioners themselves. Eight structural engineers present twenty-one projects, offering insight into how structural logic and architectural expression are negotiated in real projects.

Richly illustrated with photographs and detailed drawings, the publication provides both professional reference material and a valuable look into the creative processes behind contemporary structural design. Projects range from timber and hybrid structures to advanced roof systems and renovation projects, demonstrating the diversity and evolution of structural practice in Japan.

This volume serves as an essential resource for architects, engineers, and students seeking to understand the realities and possibilities of structural design in contemporary architecture.

Details

• Publisher: Graphic-sha Publishing

• Publication date: March 8, 2024

• Language: Japanese

• Format: Softcover

• Pages: 224

• Dimensions: 18.7 × 25.7 × 1.5 cm

• ISBN-13: 978-4766138351

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